MARCH 17, 2011 Who can blame consumers for holding back when 50 million Americans depend on taxpayer-supported programs? The modern-day soup line is a check in the mail. By MORTIMER ZUCKERMAN There’s an acidic remark by Dorothy Parker, the New Yorker wit of the 1920s, that just about sums up our present economic predicament. She
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MARCH 15, 2011 Hint: Lose the whole ’60s thing. By WILLIAM MCGURN Just before the package of labor reforms favored by Gov. Scott Walker made it through the Wisconsin legislature, students demonstrating inside the Capitol mobilized to show their resistance. On the floor of the rotunda, they linked their bodies to offer a little protest
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First view the video regarding collective bargaining. When that video is finished, you will be able to click on the video for Unions 101.
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FEBRUARY 26, 2011 By NEIL KING JR. Corrections & Amplifications Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels favors a dramatic reworking of Social Security benefits, but not for those who would enter the system in the next 10 or 15 years. This story doesn’t make clear that the changes wouldn’t apply to those receiving or about to receive
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FEBRUARY 25, 2011 How can fringe benefits cost nearly as much as a worker’s salary? Answer: collective bargaining. By ROBERT M. COSTRELL The showdown in Wisconsin over fringe benefits for public employees boils down to one number: 74.2. That’s how many cents the public pays Milwaukee public-school teachers and other employees for retirement and health
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FEBRUARY 22, 2011 The New York Governor tries to clean up Tammany health care. One under-reported story of 2011 is the revolt of the Governors, who are looking in horror at ObamaCare’s permanent expansion of Medicaid and begging Washington for more flexibility. The White House is telling them to kiss off, though less expected is
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By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN DickMorris.com February 18, 2011 A bi-partisan Senate working group which includes Republican Senators Tom Coburn (Oklahoma), Mike Crapo (Idaho), and Saxby Chambliss (Georgia) is considering back door, automatically triggered tax increases as a way to bring down the budget deficit. The Wall Street Journal reports that the plan which
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NEWS&OBSERVER Feb 18, 2011 Red ink and raw cynicism by Charles Krauthammer WASHINGTON Five days before his inauguration, President-elect Barack Obama told The Washington Post that entitlement reform could no longer be kicked down the road. He then spent the next two years kicking – racking up $3 trillion in new debt along the way
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FEBRUARY 18, 2011 Where the Leaders Are In a time of crisis, two governors show Washington the way. By PEGGY NOONAN There were two big speeches this week, and I mean big as in “Modern political history will remember this.” Together they signal something significant and promising. Oh, that’s a stuffy way to put it.
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